So my clone U2 arrived today.
In another package was a SSC P4 emitter and some AA epoxy. Guess what comes next?
Here's the stock K2. Unfortunately my pliers slipped while desoldering the emitter and tore off the dome, killing it good and dead. Alas poor K2, we hardly knew ye.
A blob of AA later, the P4 rests securely in its new home.
As for the light itself, I'm quite happy with it.
With a wipe and some nyogel the threads are silky smooth. Anodizing is dark and even. Has a smooth plastic reflector and a glass lens.
If they ditched the SF logos and the selector ring, it'd be just about perfect.
ETA: As per pics below, the two-stage design is achieved by a three pole switch with a resistor tied across it. The pill itself is devoid of electronics, despite containing a PCB. It looks like there's maybe 5mm of wasted depth in there, same width as the star. If you replaced the PCB and positive spring, you could probably get a full centimeter of depth.
Wonder what drivers would fit in there..
ETA2: Beamshots!
First my P1D CE on High (Turbo).
Now the U2 Clone on a partially depleted DLG 18650. As you can see, the emitter isn't perfectly centered in the reflector. To be honest I hadn't noticed until now.
Since some people seem to like them, here's a 16color gif of the P1DCE.
..and one of the SSC.
ETA3: Just realized someone will probably want to know the details of the pics.
I took them with a Pentax *ist DL- lens@18mm, 1/180s, f/4.0, ISO 800. The lights were about 3ft from the ceiling, that was the largest unblemished painted space I could find.
In another package was a SSC P4 emitter and some AA epoxy. Guess what comes next?
Here's the stock K2. Unfortunately my pliers slipped while desoldering the emitter and tore off the dome, killing it good and dead. Alas poor K2, we hardly knew ye.
A blob of AA later, the P4 rests securely in its new home.
As for the light itself, I'm quite happy with it.
With a wipe and some nyogel the threads are silky smooth. Anodizing is dark and even. Has a smooth plastic reflector and a glass lens.
If they ditched the SF logos and the selector ring, it'd be just about perfect.
ETA: As per pics below, the two-stage design is achieved by a three pole switch with a resistor tied across it. The pill itself is devoid of electronics, despite containing a PCB. It looks like there's maybe 5mm of wasted depth in there, same width as the star. If you replaced the PCB and positive spring, you could probably get a full centimeter of depth.
Wonder what drivers would fit in there..
ETA2: Beamshots!
First my P1D CE on High (Turbo).
Now the U2 Clone on a partially depleted DLG 18650. As you can see, the emitter isn't perfectly centered in the reflector. To be honest I hadn't noticed until now.
Since some people seem to like them, here's a 16color gif of the P1DCE.
..and one of the SSC.
ETA3: Just realized someone will probably want to know the details of the pics.
I took them with a Pentax *ist DL- lens@18mm, 1/180s, f/4.0, ISO 800. The lights were about 3ft from the ceiling, that was the largest unblemished painted space I could find.
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It needs to be there because heat doesn't jump across air very efficiently, and without the compound the star only touches the base in a few small places.
